Eulerian and Lagrangian isopycnal eddy diffusivities in the Southern Ocean of an eddying model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 644-661

  Griesel, A ^a   Mcclean, J L ^b   Gille, S T ^b   Sprintall, J ^b   Eden, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; LOCAL MAXIMUM; PARALLEL OCEAN PROGRAMS; ROTATIONAL COMPONENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

BINS; DISPERSIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; JET FLOW; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACER;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84893757616     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-039.1     Document Type: Article

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